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Post by merlin on Apr 17, 2011 6:56:51 GMT
I want to make a 'statement' with this pot but can't think how, something tall and with stuff overhanging perhaps.......any ideas would be appreciated.
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Post by floydie on Apr 17, 2011 9:17:05 GMT
Pineapple Lilly's with some small leaved ivy hanging over something else with white small flowers to under plant???
I have some summer flowering hyacinths they would look nice also ;D.
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Post by Louise on Apr 17, 2011 9:23:47 GMT
How large is the pot, Merlin ? Unless it's about 2' diameter and height something tall wouldn't be able to establish its roots very well. If it is about that why not try a camellia or azalea ?
Do you have any colour preferences ?
There's so much that could be suggested !
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Post by Cherry on Apr 17, 2011 10:24:27 GMT
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Post by sweetpea on Apr 17, 2011 11:03:11 GMT
Possibly a standard fuchsia or even a standard coleus with diascia round the base
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Post by Geranium on Apr 17, 2011 14:07:46 GMT
I have a Kalmia latifolia in mine, along with a Boulevard clematis, and I add annual bedding plants like Surfinia and Bacopa for the summer.
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Post by merlin on Apr 17, 2011 19:11:14 GMT
Some good ideas there, most are acid lovers or tender but all would look good. The Azalea is a corker but only in Spring. The Lily is too tender for someone without winter heat. My water supply is hard and Acid lovers don't like it. Standard Fuchsias and Clematis like it here. I called in at a favourite GC today, favourite for it's flapjacks I couldn't find any inspiration or plant, well except maybe a rose! The pot is about 2' X 2' I wonder if I could plant around the edge and insert a large 12" pot in the centre that I could swap from time to time. Another idea was to plant it with herbs but I'd need a tall one in the centre. I'm struggling here, I don't want to just shove in some bedding
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Post by grindle on Apr 18, 2011 7:11:52 GMT
how about half standard rose
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Post by Cherry on Apr 18, 2011 7:25:41 GMT
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Post by seaburn on Apr 18, 2011 7:50:13 GMT
saw some lovely hydrangeas at Harrogate yesterday. but the pot inside the pot is a good idea. How about lily martagon for height, there are dusky pink as well as white forms. or any of the large species forms like pardalinum. I have lilies in pots that I swap in and out as they fade. upright herb how about rosemary or a bay? Agapanthus is also a possibility.
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Post by Geranium on Apr 18, 2011 8:20:29 GMT
How about a small-ish plant support in the middle, and a patio Clematis to climb on it? My one flowered on and on last year, and it's in bud now. You could still have the trailing annuals round the edge. No probs with acidity then!
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Post by mothergoose on Apr 18, 2011 22:37:04 GMT
Hmmmm...it's a lovely pot Merlin, and deserves to "make a statement" If it were mine, I'd go for evergreen interest....and knowing me, it'd be a bit of clipped Box (ball, pyramid or spiral), so it would look good all year round. I'd then underplant it with a white edged ivy...but then again, maybe I'd just leave the Box alone. OK it might cost you a bit to begin with, but the structure and shape will be there forever....think longterm understated elegance rather than a quick fix of annual colour, or a short lived burst of something flowery
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Post by Louise on Apr 19, 2011 6:05:10 GMT
Hmmmm...it's a lovely pot Merlin, and deserves to "make a statement" If it were mine, I'd go for evergreen interest....and knowing me, it'd be a bit of clipped Box (ball, pyramid or spiral), so it would look good all year round. I'd then underplant it with a white edged ivy...but then again, maybe I'd just leave the Box alone. OK it might cost you a bit to begin with, but the structure and shape will be there forever.... think longterm understated elegance rather than a quick fix of annual colour, or a short lived burst of something flowery My thoughts too.
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Post by merlin on Apr 19, 2011 6:05:33 GMT
My dilemma worsens, the trouble with advice is that occasionally you get too much!!!! I like all of your ideas and would like to do them all. Point taken re. all year round 'Box' MG Asiatic Lilies would give off fab perfume, something I think important. A standard rose would give structure and allow plenty of space for underplanting. An easy one, save work. A support for different Clematis would give plenty of colour, something I've not tried. Depending on what I put with them I wonder if it would need a lot of tending to. Cherry's Magnolia/ H. Paniculata would certainly create a 'WoW' factor and involve less work. I'll have to work out the cost including a lot of Ericaceous compost! A 'herb' pot' was my first thought but OH has bought some and pots !! I already have an upright Rosemary, looking forward to seing it shoot up this year. I'm hoping to smell it as I 'brush' past it. I had already thought of Agapanthus but have quite a few, they would look good with white stuff around them.
I really am in a dilemma as they would all look good, The one I'm tempted by is Cherry's as they would really make a statement but I fear it would cost, I would like a blue Hydrangea and of cause that Magnolia so I'll buy small ones and wait 'till they've grown big enough. Again because of the cost I'll look for a couple of 'Patio' Clems. Don't know much about them, yet! Just had a thought (always a worry) a 'patio' rose that would cost about £15, has perfume, long flowering, just one purchase and no compost needed. Shock horror!!!! I've just totted up my 'notes' and it's serious money!!!!!!
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Post by Cherry on Apr 19, 2011 6:22:33 GMT
If I can afford these, you certainly can Merlin. You just need a little patience, and I don't think the Magnolia from T&M was any smaller than from any nursery, although the Hydrangea was a bit on the small side, but filling out. The Magnolia size surprised me actually. I could measure it, but it would be three feet at least.
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